NEW RECORDS OF CRABRONIDAE (HYMENOPTERA: APOIDEA: SPHECIFORMES) FROM THE FARS PROVINCE, IRAN

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by  Sh. Rezaei

Far Eastern Entomologist
ISSN 1026-051X (print edition)
Number 411: 10-14 July 2020
ISSN 2713-2196 (online edition)
https://doi.org/10.25221/fee.411.2
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NEW RECORDS OF CRABRONIDAE (HYMENOPTERA: APOIDEA:
SPHECIFORMES) FROM THE FARS PROVINCE, IRAN

Sh. Rezaei1), M. Fallahzadeh1,*), A. F. Dousti1), N. Saghaei2)

1) Department of Entomology, Jahrom Branch, Islamic Azad University, Jahrom, Iran.
*Corresponding author, E-mail: [email protected]
2) Department of Entomology, Marvdasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht,
Iran.
Summary. An annotated list of 13 species of digger wasps (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae)
from eight genera collected in the Fars Province of Iran is presented. Seven species, Belomicrus
italicus A. Costa, 1871, Liris agilis (F. Smith, 1856), L. maidli (Arnold, 1929), Miscophus
albufeirae de Andrade, 1952, Oxybelus phyllophorus Kohl, 1898, Prosopigastra major (F.
Morawitz, 1890) and Trypoxylon kolazyi Kohl, 1893, are new records for Iran. Moreover, six
species, Crossocerus vagabundus (Panzer, 1798), Ectemnius cephalotes (Olivier, 1792), Liris
atratus (Spinola, 1805), L. braueri Kohl, 1884, L. haemorrhoidalis (Fabricius, 1804),
Trypoxylon clavicerum Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau et Audinet Serville, 1828, are new records
for the Fars Province.
Key words: Hymenoptera, Aculeata, digger wasps, fauna, new records, Iran.

Ш. Хесами, М. Фаллахзаде, А. Ф. Доусти, Н. Сахаи. Новые указания
Crabronidae (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Spheciformes) из провинции Фарс,
Иран // Дальневосточный энтомолог. 2020. N 411. С. 10-14.
Резюме. Приводится аннотированный список 13 видов роющих ос (Hymenoptera:
Crabronidae) из 9 родов, собранных в иранской провинции Фарс. Впервые для Ирана
указываются семь видов: Belomicrus italicus A. Costa, 1871, Liris agilis (F. Smith, 1856),
L. maidli (Arnold, 1929), Miscophus albufeirae de Andrade, 1952, Oxybelus phyllophorus
Kohl, 1898, Prosopigastra major (F. Morawitz, 1890) и Trypoxylon kolazyi Kohl, 1893.
Новыми для провинции Фарс являются 6 видов: Crossocerus vagabundus (Panzer, 1798),
Ectemnius cephalotes (Olivier, 1792), Liris atratus (Spinola, 1805), L. braueri Kohl, 1884,
L. haemorrhoidalis (Fabricius, 1804) и Trypoxylon clavicerum Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau et
Audinet Serville, 1828.

INTRODUCTION

Until about two decades ago, studies dedicated totally to Iranian digger wasps (Hymeno-
ptera, Crabronidae) were rare (e.g., Gussakovskij, 1933; de Beaumont, 1957, 1970); in most
cases data on Iranian wasps were dispersed in papers dealing with other parts of the world, or
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in revisionary works. A complete bibliography on these wasps can be found in the web
electronic database “Catalogue of Sphecidae sensu lato” (Pulawski, 2020).
In recent years, a number of local authors have focused on Iranian digger wasps, and as a
result, our knowledge of these insects has gradually increased (Ebrahimi, 2005, 2014; Fallah-
zadeh et al., 2009, 2018; Sadeghi et al., 2019; Rezaei et al., 2020).
The aim of the present paper is to provide information on the newly discovered crabronid
wasps in the Fars Province, and thus to make an additional contribution to the knowledge of
the Iranian wasp fauna.

MATERIAL AND METHODS

Sampling was done using Malaise traps in different localities of the Fars Province in
southern Iran. Collected specimens were pinned, identified and are deposited at the Insect
Collection of Jahrom Branch, Islamic Azad University, Iran (JIAU) and the Institute of Bio-
diversity and Ecosystem Research, Sofia, Bulgaria (IBER). Taxonomy of genera, nomenclature
and distribution of species are based mainly on Antropov et al. (2017) and Pulawski (2020).
New records are asterisked (*).

NEW RECORDS

Belomicrus italicus A. Costa, 1871

MATERIAL EXAMINED. 1♀, Iran, Fars Province, Kazeroon (Zavali), 29º32'53''N,
51º46'23''E, 829m a. s. l., 2.vi.2017-1.ix.2017, leg. M. Sadeghi.
DISTRIBUTION. *Iran: Fars (new record). – Central Asia, southern Europe, Palestine,
Tunisia, Turkey.

Crossocerus vagabundus (Panzer, 1798)

MATERIAL EXAMINED. Iran: Fars Province, Shiraz (Bustan-e Jannat), 29°36'52"N,
52°28'09"E, 1584 m, 1–9.VI 2019, 1♀, leg. Sh. Rezaei.
DISTRIBUTION. Iran: East Azerbaijan, West Azerbaijan, Gilan, *Fars (first record). –
China, Europe, India, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korean Peninsula, Mongolia, North Africa, Russia,
Turkey, Uzbekistan.

Ectemnius (Metacrabro) cephalotes (Olivier, 1792)

MATERIAL EXAMINED. Iran: Fars Province, Shiraz (Bustan-e Jannat), 29°36'52"N,
52°28'09"E, 1584 m, 17–23.VII 2018, 1♂, leg. Sh. Rezaei.
DISTRIBUTION. Iran: Kermanshah, *Fars (first record). – Europe, Russia, Kazakhstan,
North Africa, Syria, Turkey, North America.

Liris (Leptolarra) agilis (F. Smith, 1856)

MATERIAL EXAMINED. Iran: Fars Province, Larestan (Baen), 27º39'54''N, 54º16'39''E,
914 m, 5–9.IV 2018, 1♂, leg. Sh. Rezaei.
DISTRIBUTION. *Iran: Fars (new record). – Canary Islands, China, Egypt, Gambia,
Israel, Kuwait, Libya, Malta, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Sudan, United Arab Emirates.

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Liris (Leptolarra) atratus (Spinola, 1805)
MATERIAL EXAMINED. Iran: Fars Province, Kavar, 29°11'52"N, 52°42’06"E, 1547 m,
27.VII–5.VIII 2019, 1♂, leg. Sh. Rezaei.
DISTRIBUTION. Iran: Tehran, *Fars (first record). – Afghanistan, Algeria, Chad, Egypt,
France, Greece, Iraq, Italy, Jordan, Libya, Morocco, Pakistan, Portugal, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey.

Liris (Leptolarra) maidli (Arnold, 1929)
MATERIAL EXAMINED. Iran: Fars Province, Larestan (Hormood Abbsi), 27°32'06"N,
54°59'02"E, 29.V–29.VI 2015, 1♀, leg. Sh. Rezaei; Estahban (Mobarak Abad), 29º15'14''N,
53º56'46''E, 1573 m, 4.VIII–30.IX 2017, 1♂, leg. M. Sadeghi.
DISTRIBUTION. *Iran: Fars (new record). – Sudan, United Arab Emirates.
REMARKS. Liris maidli was originally described from a single male from Sudan.
Recently, Schmid-Egger (2014) reported both male and female of this species from the United
Arab Emirates. Iran represents the north–easternmost record of this species.

Liris (Liris) braueri Kohl, 1884
MATERIAL EXAMINED. Iran: Fars Province, Estahban (Mobarak Abad), 29º15'14''N,
53º56'46''E, 1573 m, 4.VIII–30.IX 2017, 1♀, leg. M. Sadeghi; Dalin, 30°02'15.0"N,
52°07'54.7"E, 2019 m, 5–21.V 2018, 1♀, leg. Sh. Rezaei
DISTRIBUTION. Iran: Sistan-o Baluchestan, Hormozgan, *Fars (first record). – Egypt,
Israel, Kazakhstan, Oman, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, United Arab Emirates.

Liris (Liris) haemorrhoidalis (Fabricius, 1804)
MATERIAL EXAMINED. Iran: Fars Province, Estahban (Mobarak Abad), 29º15'14''N,
53º56'46''E, 1573 m, 4.VIII–30.IX 2017, 1♀, leg. M. Sadeghi.
DISTRIBUTION. Iran: Sistan-o Baluchestan, Bushehr, Tehran, *Fars (first record). –
Afghanistan, Africa, Canary Islands, Kazakhstan, India, Iraq, Israel, Oman, Palestine, Saudi
Arabia, Spain, United Arab Emirates, Yemen.

Miscophus albufeirae de Andrade, 1952

MATERIAL EXAMINED. Iran: Fars Province, Larestan (Hormood Abbsi), 27°32'06"N,
54°59’02“E, 506 m, 4–24.IX 2019, 2♂, leg. Sh. Rezaei; Larestan (Karmostaj), 27°31'55"N,
54°26'01"E, 781 m, 28.VIII–24.IX 2019, 1♂, leg. Sh. Rezaei.
DISTRIBUTION. *Iran: Fars (new record). – Cyprus, France, Greece, Hungary, Kyrgyz-
stan, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Turkey.

Oxybelus phyllophorus Kohl, 1898
MATERIAL EXAMINED. Iran: Fars Province, Larestan (Karmostaj), 27°31'55"N,
54°26'01"E, 781 m, 21–30.IV 2018, 1♀, leg. Sh. Rezaei.
DISTRIBUTION. *Iran: Fars (new record). – North Africa, United Arab Emirates.

Prosopigastra major (F. Morawitz, 1890)
MATERIAL EXAMINED. Iran: Fars Province, Shiraz (Bustan-e Jannat), 29°36'52"N,
52°28'09"E, 1584 m, 21–31.VIII 2019, 1♀, leg. Sh. Rezaei.

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DISTRIBUTION. *Iran: Fars (new record). – Egypt, Israel, Kazakhstan, Morocco, Saudi
Arabia, Sudan, Turkmenistan.

Trypoxylon clavicerum Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau et Audinet Serville, 1828

MATERIAL EXAMINED. Iran: Fars Province, Shiraz (Bustan-e Jannat), 29°36'52"N,
52°28'09"E, 1584 m, 1–10.VI 2019, 1♀, leg. Sh. Rezaei; Zafar Abad, 29°24'06"N, 52°35’01"E,
1514 m, 1–7.X 2019, 1♀, leg. Sh. Rezaei.
DISTRIBUTION. Iran: East Azerbaijan, Ilam, Tehran, *Fars (first record). – Europe,
North Africa, Georgia, Israel, Japan, Kazakhstan, North America, Russia, Turkey.

Trypoxylon kolazyi Kohl, 1893

MATERIAL EXAMINED. Iran: Fars Province, Dalin, 30°02'15.0"N, 52°07'54.7"E,
2019 m, 3–11.V 2019, 1♀, leg. Sh. Rezaei; same locality, 8–18.VI 2019, 2♀, leg. Sh. Rezaei;
Zafar Abad, 29°24'06"N, 52°35’01"E, 1514 m, 18–25.VI 2019, 1♀, leg. Sh. Rezaei.
DISTRIBUTION. *Iran: Fars (new record). – Europe, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan,
Russia, Turkey, North America.
DISCUSSION

Recently, Jahantigh et al. (2017) listed 315 species of Crabronidae from Iran and 125
from the Fars Province. Based on recent molecular and phylogenetic study, Sann et al.
(2018) demonstrated the polyphyletic nature of the digger wasp family Crabonidae, and they
suggested splitting it into eight families: Ammoplanidae, Astatidae, Bembecidae, Crabronidae,
Mellinidae, Pemphredonidae, Philanthidae, and Psenidae. In the current paper, however,
Crabronidae are interpreted in the traditional sense. As a result of this paper, seven species of
digger wasp have been recorded for Iran for the first time and new provincial records have
been provided for six species. The results of the previous studies and the current paper revealed
the high species diversity in the digger wasp fauna of the Fars Province. Currently, there are
about 181 species known from the Fars Province. With addition results of the present paper
and previous works, the number of digger wasps known from Iran is raised up to 364 species.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The research was supported by Islamic Azad University, Jahrom Branch, Jahrom, We are
indebted to Dr. Toshko Ljubomirov (Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Sofia,
Bulgaria) for his help in identification of the specimens. We are most grateful to Dr. Toshko
Ljubomirov and Dr. Wojciech J. Pulawski (California Academy of Science, USA) and their
careful reading and useful correction of the initial manuscript that improved it considerably.

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